In the first six months of the year, only about Rs 1550 crore has been earned at the box office, which is much less than the figure of Rs 2000 crore earned during this period last year. Of course, this has created an atmosphere of disappointment among the film people and people associated with cinema are also worried. The first six months of the year 2024 have passed, but there is an atmosphere of disappointment in the film world. In the first half of the year, about Rs 1550 crore has been earned at the Hindi box office. Which is much less than the earnings of Rs 2000 crore during this period last year. The poor condition of the box office can be gauged from the fact that not a single film has been able to reach the 200 crore club in the last six months. At the same time, only five films have been able to enter the 100 crore club. Out of these, 2 films have entered this prestigious club in the month of June itself. That is, only three films were able to reach the 100 crore club in the first five months of the year. These five films include 'Fighter', 'Shaitan', 'Godzilla vs. Kong', 'Kalki 2898 A.D.' and 'Munjya'. Eight films definitely supported the box office by earning between 50 crores and 100 crores. These include films like 'Crew' 90 crores, 'Article 370' 82 crores, 'Teri Baato Mein' 80 crores, 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan' 59 crores, 'Hanuman' 57 crores, 'Chandu Champion' 55 crores, 'Maidan' 52 crores and 'Shrikant' 50 crores.
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The first six months of 2024 have not been very good. The last three months have been very bad. There is panic in the film industry over the poor condition of the box office in the first half of 2024.
-Komal Nahta, film trade analyst
Income was less compared to last year
Last year, the films released at the Hindi box office made new records by earning more than Rs 5000 crore. At the same time, the films released at the Hindi box office in the first half of 2023 earned more than 2000 crores. But this year, the films released at the Hindi box office in the first half earned only Rs 1550 crore. If we believe the experts of the film industry, everyone already knew that the year 2024 is going to lag behind the last year 2023 in terms of box office earnings. That too, due to Munjya and Prabhas' mega budget film Kalki released in June, the earnings figure of the first half of the year crossed 1550 crores. Otherwise, it seems difficult to earn so much before that. However, experts also say that first due to Ramadan, then IPL, then Lok Sabha elections and then T20 Cricket World Cup, there was a lot of loss in the first half of the year. However, people of the film industry expect more earnings in the coming half year as compared to the last half year.
The film industry did not perform well in the first half of the year. Last year, Shahrukh Khan's film Pathan was a superhit during this period. But this year, no film could perform like that.
-Girish Johar, producer and film business analyst
top movies of the first part
Fighter – 199 Crore
Shaitan – Rs 149 crore
Kalki 2898 A.D. – 112 crores
Munjya – 100 Crore
Godzilla – Rs 106 crore
Crew – 90 Crore
Article 370 – 82 crores
In your talks…- 80 Crore
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – 59 Crore
Hanuman – Rs 57 crore
Chandu Champion – Rs 55 crore
Maidan – 52 Crore
Srikanth – 50 crores
A hit film like Pathan was missing
Experts believe that the mega success of Shah Rukh Khan's film Pathan early last year created a positive atmosphere at the box office. Whereas this year the lack of such a superhit film is being felt intensely. Producer and film business analyst Girish Johar says, 'The performance of the film industry was not good in the first half of the year. If we compare it with the first half of last year, then the lack of a film like Shah Rukh Khan's Pathan, which became a superhit in January last year, was clearly felt. Pathan had filled the industry with enthusiasm by earning more than 500 crores at the beginning of the year. If we leave aside the earnings of Pathan, the performance of the first half of last year and this year was more or less the same.' At the same time, film trade analyst Komal Nahta says, 'The first six months of the year 2024 were nothing special. Especially the last three months were very bad. Of course, there is a state of panic in the film industry due to the poor performance of the box office in the first half of the year 2024. Especially the condition of the cinema people is bad. Kalki, which released in late June, did provide some relief. But the biggest hit of the first half has to be the smallest film, Munjaya, because no one expected it to do well.
